To NOT want to tell people our 2month old pfb sleeps through the night (and has done since 3 days old)?

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I just think there's no way you can win with this. You look smug no matter what, and other parents will just hate us.

I KNOW it's just sheer luck and not any amazing thing we've done.

I think we should just lie about it.

Lovely to hear we're not the only ones... you tend only to hear the horror stories on MN and get the idea no child ever sleeps through the night ever.

god it's probably just a phase isn't it

My first one slept through from 4 weeks. From 3 months she did 14 hour nights plus 2 long naps in the day.

My second one slept through from 6 weeks. At 5 months she decided sleep was for the weak. At the same time her 4 year old big sis decided the same. It was another year or so before they started sleeping through again.

I was the smuggiest mum from Smugsville, then I learned.

Just realised that might have come across wrongly - I just meant if you want to avoid coming across as smug! Not trying to imply that you are seeking extra smugness (although with a toddler who is only just beginning to contemplate sleeping through, I would enjoy the feeling if I were you!).

DoJo brilliant advice. I will do just that

cross posts DoJo - your advice to say "not too badly - we've been lucky so far" was what I liked. Will use that phrase from here on in.

I know exactly how you feel, my dd has slept well since day 1, when she was on 4 hourly feeds she'd fall asleep feeding then wake up for the next then off again and now at 12 months she sleeps from 6pm - 8am and I can honestly say we've never had a bad night, the longest she ever takes to settle is 5 minutes and that's rare.

I do feel uncomfortable saying it 'in real life', facebook is full of posts from Mothers complaining about lack of sleep but I feel like I can't comment on how well my dd sleeps because it seems like a boast then I feel resentful that I'm worried about singing her praises.

Always say you've been lucky. Our 2yo has slept amazingly since she was tiny and still does. But I know it's absolutely nothing we've done, we've just lucked out with a sleeper.

I'm already putting money on it that we'll pay with it with something else later on!

DS slept through from 8 weeks, he's nearly 4 now and still loves his sleep just like mummy I struggle to wake him up some mornings!

DS slept through from 8 weeks, he's nearly 4 now and still loves his sleep just like mummy I struggle to wake him up some mornings!

Hey folks? Why all the doom & gloom? Why the long faces? My DD has slept through the night from 7 weeks old (now aged 7). Some people are lucky. I'm not gloating, but I think it's OK to recognise & acknowledge that some babies sleep better than others, instead of always comparing horror stories and frightening people

DS slept through from 8 weeks, he's nearly 4 now and still loves his sleep just like mummy I struggle to wake him up some mornings!

not sure what happened there, certainly didn't mean to post 3 times!

my DS ( almost 8 years old) has only a handful slept through, I wouldn't wish my lack of sleep on my worst enemy.

Im am happy that people has it easier with sleep than others.

My ds was the same and I didn't tell people . It's a sad day when you have to lie about how good your baby sleeps

When I was going through 4 month sleep regression hell, I didn't mind people telling me their babies slept through, it was the smug "oh, myyyy baby has slept through right since he was born" accompanied by a look down their nose that made me want to cry! If you're one of the former I don't think it'll be a problem. My lovely friend was very kind and would say her DS slept through but they were very lucky.

Dd slept through from day 9 and at 20 months still does.

Ds2 (in hosp for 13 weeks) slept through from a couple of weeks after he was home so 4mo but corrected age of 2weeks

Ds1 slept through from six weeks.

It's not about perfect parenting or bloody good luck it's my bone idle gene - it's the most dominant of my DNA

Yeah mine both slept well at that age, don't count all your chicken yet you may very well have some sleep deprivation stories to share :-P. ( hope you don't though!) I have two toddlers who apparently require NO sleep!!

Yanbu, but a lot of newborn babies sleep a lot. Don't say anything until you have weathered all the growth spurts and developmental milestones .

My first and 3rd did this. I didn't lie about it - I was clearly bouncing around less sleep deprived than everyone else at the post-natal groups.

I used to moan away about breastfeeding agonies so people didn't feel too jealous of me. I also did quite well on being able to share nasty birth details.

My pfb fantastic sleeper has stayed chillled out and easy, even now at 13, she's laid back and doesn't make a fuss. Just as she was as a newborn really.

Yes, I'd go with "OK for now, fingers crossed!"

It's not a linear progression from birth (crap sleep) to 5 (12 hours straight) though is it?

There's colds and teething and sleep regressions and night weaning and all sorts of shite to get through.

At best what you have is temporary and you should be making the most of it while it lasts.

In fact, you should crow about it loudly now just so people can laugh at your haggard disturbed sleep face in a few months. It's your civic duty

If people ask, tell them. Mine doesn't sleep and she's 6 months old. I would still be fine with someone whose baby sleeps, it might give me hope that it's possible!

As someone with a not great sleeper, I dread the questions about sleep especially as my SIL has 'good' sleepers and poor DS always gets compared to them

I generally find the more evasive the better when it comes to answering questions about sleep or anything else that is no one else's business

Something like the "ok thanks" or "as you would expect for a newborn/ x week old". Sine everyone's expectations are different that usually digs me out of a hole.